Hooge crater/Chateau wood WW1 walk/drone View of the Hotel grounds. Ypres World War One

This battlefield used to be a chateau and grounds near Ypres Belgum until during WW1 it was bombed by the Germans and the allies relentlessly. A large crater, trench system and ammunition from the war can still be found here. Flamethrowers were apparently used at this position for the very first time.
For the whole duration of the war 1914-1918 this area was under constant bombardment.
This is a tiny snapshot of that area and I hope this gives some insight into what's still here without the need for reconstructed trenches (which I hate), museums that I feel are totally detached from the war and the men that fought an died here.
In numbers it's 1/4 million British and commonwealth troops died in these few square miles around Ypres. The German figures were never officially released but it'll be similar.

[@OneManandhisDrone]

I hope you enjoy this walk through. Please don't take it too seriously, it's one guy just walking about with an interest in ww1. I do get things wrong occasionally but I'll try to rectify that after. But genuinely I'm just walking about and if I seem interested - I am.

[@liamkatt6434]

Great video. My great uncle died near here in 1915.